Combination water-cooler.



G.- MCGUVERN.

COMBINATION WATER COOLER.

(Application filed Oct. 27, 1900.)

IIIIIIIIIIIIL (No Model.)

-proved combination-cooler.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MCGOVERN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

COMBINATION WATER-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent NO. 680,390, dated August 13, 1901. Application filed October 27, 1900. $erial No. 34,598. (No-model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MoGovERN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Water- (Joolers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel improvements in combination ice and aerated water coolers; and the object is to provide a simple, inexpensive,convenient, and hygienic combination-cooler for the dispensing of plain ice-water and aerated mineral waters at will.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several elements of the apparatus, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the cock. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the cock and handle.

1 denotes the cylindrical shell of the water- 'cooler, which may be of any suitable size, shape, and capacity to conform to the use and conditions under which it is to be employed.

2 denotes the inner concentric aerated-water tank or cylinder,which is supported within the shell 1 and detachably retained in position by the radial braces 3 3, fixed to the tank 2 and having their outer ends seated in the brackets 4 4, fixed to the inner wall of the shell 1.

5 designates a plug-cock fixed in the shell 1 and having a passage-way 6, which'communicates with the interior of the shell 1', and a smaller passage 7, from which a pipe 8 leads into the tank 2, and 9 denotes the plug of the said cock, which is also provided with a passage-way 10, communicating with the passage-way 6, and a smaller passage-way 12, corresponding to andoommunicating with the smaller passage 7, the arrangement of the several passages being such that when the handle 13 of the plug 9 is in the position shown in Fig. 4 both of the passages 6 and 7 are closed; but when the handle is turned to the right, as shown in Fig. 2, the ice-water in the shell 1 may be drawn off, and when said handle is turned to the left, as shown in Fig. 3, the aerated water in the tank 2 may be dispensed.

The tank 2 is provided with a removable air-tight screw-cap 14, which when in place hermetically seals the said tank, but which may be removed for the purpose of having access to the interior of said tank. This cap 14 is provided with a screw-plug 15 for conveniently filling or replenishing the tank Without the necessity of removing the cap proper, and the latter is also provided with a larger screw-cap 16, provided with thumb-grips 17 17, whereby the cap 16 may be removed for the purpose of charging the tank.

18 denotes a chamber formed on the inner side of the cap 14 and closed by the cap 16, said chamber being provided at its lower end with a central conical-pointed stud 19 and with a port 20, closed by a spring-actuated valve 21, the port 20 communicating with a casing 22, from which a vertical pipe 23 extends downward to the bottom of said tank, and its lower end terminates in a spiral 24, which is provided with a series of minute orifices 25 25 to permit the gas to be evenly distributed through the water in the tank, and thus effectively aerate it.

26 designatesthe cartridge, which contains a charge of liquefied carbonic-acid gas, which is inserted in the chamber 18, and its lower end rests upon the conical-pointed stud 19,- so that when the cartridge is in place and the cap 16 is screwed down the stud 19 will puncture the cartridge and release the compressed or-liqnefied gas, and thus both aerate and charge the contents of the tank 2, which then may be drawn under pressure by mean-s of the cock 5, as heretofore described.

The stud-point 19 is provided with a series of conveying-channels 27, as shown in Fig. 2, to insure the liberation of the gas when said point is forced'into the cartridge.

The object of the valve 21 is to retain the charge of gas in the tank 2 when the cap 16 is removed for the purpose of replacing. the cartridge.

The contents of the tank 2 may be charged with any of the ordinary mineralwater salts such as Lithia, Vichy, Kissingen, and the likeso that the sparkling carbonated Water may be produced at will. I v

The construction and operation of this form of carbonator is extremely simple and convenient and possesses many advantages which Will be appreciated by those familiar with this class of apparatus.

In the accompanyingdrawings I have shown my invention in the best form now known to me; but it will be understood that various modifications in the details may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claims.

ing an outer shell, atank located Within said shell, a removable cap for said tank, a cartridge-chamber formed in said cap and communicating with said tank, a cartridge for said chamber, means for discharging said cartridge into said tank, and duets leading from said chamber and tank to a two-Way cook common to both, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A cooler of the class described, comprising-a shell, a tank Within the shell, a cap for the tank having a valved chamber formed therein commnnicating'with said tank, and ducts leading from the chamber and tank to a two-way cock common to both, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE MCGOVERN.

WVitnesses:

H. J. ENNIS, CHAS. E. RIoi-moN. 

